Dear Family,
How are you doing? I am doing pretty swell her in Cambodia!
Can I just start off by saying that I love my mission here in Cambodia? I really do so much. I feel so grateful to be serving here and for the privilege to be serving our Christ like brothers and sisters here. Like this random little boy named Nov Visal that just barely came and said hi to me:)
This week has been good. Right now we have a few investigators but not a ton and it's been kinda hard to meet with some of them so when we have time we have been doing a lot of contacting! We have been really trying to open our mouths and talk with everyone around us. We are going to keep talking with as many people as we can about the gospel and I have faith that the Lord will lead us to those whom He has prepared or lead them to us.
I have been getting to know the area a lot better and I am really happy to be serving here in Tuek Thla. One of my favorite members here is a man named Pu Sarom. He was a less active man who has just recently been reactivated. He is a shoemaker and he makes shoes for a living. He was not so active and was not really getting a lot of orders of shoes, however, the Elders would visit him and he started coming back to church and then not to long afterwards became very busy with lots of work and lots of shoe orders. He has a great wife and 2 children. Yesterday he received the Melchizedek Priesthood and a calling as like the assistant branch clerk. Super cool to see! Nothing like a less active member coming back to the fold.
Last night we went and visited a member who has been making progress with coming back to church. Her name is Ming Hol. She wasn't able to make it to church this week because she stayed home to take care of her husband. He is older and he is drunk a lot and just really frail and tiny. She doesn't want to leave him at home by himself because she was afraid of him falling down and getting hurt. Her husband was sleeping when we came over and she said that he had fallen down and that he hadn't been able to eat all day long and he's just been really out of strength. We gave him a blessing and I had the privilege of being voice and it was just a really special experience-to be able to bless that frail little man with strength and with love from above.
I am forever grateful for Christ and for His priesthood. I am sometimes just filled with this great love for the Cambodian people that just fills my heart and I know that it comes from Christ. I know that He loves us all and that we can feel of His love and show our love for Him when we serve others. Let's all try and look for the many opportunities we have each day to serve those around us that stand in need and to love as Christ would. I promise that as we do we will be happy and feel of His love and appreciation.
Have a super week!
Love,
Elder Garlick
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